three appetizers for string quartet (2013)
premiere performance: October 16, 2014
Leshowitz Recital Hall, Montclair State University
Momenta Quartet: Emilie-Anne Gendron and Adda Kridler, violin; Stephanie Griffin, viola; Michael Haas, cello
duration: 4′
Momenta Quartet at the Church of St. Luke in the Fields, February 7, 2016
Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki, violin; Stephanie Griffin, viola; Michael Haas, cello
1. two bald men fighting over a comb
program note
I wrote the Nanotudes in winter 2013, as a respite from working on a longer and more serious quartet (Just Visible in the Distance) for the Momenta Quartet. I often cook for the quartet, and we’ve laughed our way through quite a few meals. I hope these tiny pieces convey some of the silliness, as well as the beauty, of collaborating with these wonderful musicians.
1. two bald men fighting over a comb
2. Chihuahua
3. molecule